The Collatz Conjecture - Famous Math Problems - Lecture 2

The Collatz Conjecture - Famous Math Problems - Lecture 2

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The Collatz Conjecture - Famous Math Problems - Lecture 2

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  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 The conjecture proposed in 1937 by Lothar Collatz
  3. 3 Evidence: the conjecture is true for all known starting values
  4. 4 Variants
  5. 5 The 5n + 1 problem Roosendahl
  6. 6 A natural strategy: Convert to base 2, or base 3 or base 6
  7. 7 Working in base 2
  8. 8 Some Exercises related to the Collatz Problem

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